This Training Framework is based on the empirical study of the procedural rights of suspects in England and Wales, France, the Netherlands and Scotland. Its objective is to enhance the knowledge, understanding and skills of criminal justice practitioners – police officers and defence lawyers – in respect of the procedural rights of suspects in police detention.

This empirical study focuses on three procedural rights – the right to interpretation and translation, the right to information and the letter of rights, and the right to legal assistance before and during police interrogation – in four EU jurisdictions – France, Scotland, the Netherlands and England and Wales.